Setting up a bed time routine

Your main thing is going to be picking a time for him to go to bed and being consistent with it. I know that can be hard, i went through the same thing with my daughter who is almost two. Once you pick that time, you need to make it clear that that is bedtime, even if you have to sit beside him for a few nights, but stay with it. Getting him up earlier, instead of letting him sleep in is good to. it will make him tired before midnight to where he will want to go to bed earlier. and if worse comes to worse, cut out his naps during the day that way he is exhausted by the time it is time to go to bed. good luck and keep us posted. God bless

Thats a tough one. I was in the same situation. I worked at night so my baby now 2 would stay up so we could sleep in together. Now I don't work at night and am trying to get him on a decent schedule. When all the lights are out and its quiet he usually knows that it is time for bed. I find myself laying down with him and falling asleep with him. Then we get up in the mornings and its a day. Now my thing is trying to get him to go to bed on his own. LOL

This is hard because sometimes we have to do what works for us...even tho we know it might not necessarily be gerat for our child. I used to have my son stay up later at night because then he would sleep a full night and sleep till a decent time in the morning. Establishing a bed time routine is hard at first....but just know that it gets much easier once you and the babe settle into it. If you son is used to geoing to bed at midnight, then I would start off and gradually work down in the time that he is put down at night. Dont start drastic because that may just set you up for faliure. Knock his bedtime down by an hour each week maybe. Start with 11pm, keep that for a week....even more if he isnt settled and going down good. Then just keep moving down. His body just needs time to adjust and all will be well. I gradually moved my sons bedtime down..now 3 yrs. I now am able to put him in at 9pm and he will sleep till 9am most of the time. He does get up once or twice in the night but it is all good. We put him to bed at 8pm a few nights this week and it made no difference, he slept the same as normal. Just have patience and know that it will get better...and honestly it wont be all that long. it doesnt take long for a young child to catch onto routine. Your first few nights may be trying, having to go into the room countless times...but all will be good in awhile.

The first thing you have to do is pick a time. Lets go with 10 pm. Okay so at 8pm give him a bath use the lavender sent wash it helps to calm the body down. 830 all dressed and ready to settle down. You can watch a movie or just have quite reading time. My daughter is pretty good about her bed time. Our routine is 830 she takes a bath after that we make a bottle and lay on the couch for a little i soothe her by playing with her hair or rubbing her belly. From about 9 to 930 she plays in the living room while we watch a baby einsitine. Then its off to bed. Its just as importaint to have a 10 min before bed routine too. For my daughter I lay her down (she likes to hold something) I put a blanket on each side while saying this ones for this hand that one for that hand and this ones for your belly. I kiss her give her her binkie and turn the moble on. She knows its bed time and thats that. No fuss nothing. I know I am one very lucky mom but you could have it too with consistancy. Good Luck!

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Read the ingredients in any foods. Don't feed cheese, dairy or sugary carbs by evening. Energy foods are a no. So now you need a workout before bedtime. You set the time. Maybe 10pm- so by 8pm we need to play hand clapping, shake rattles and get movement going, any brain training movement. Then bath baby, change to night clothes and start getting the lights low(dimmer switch), this is the nightfall illusion. Hopefully a busy active play expells energy anf hopefully you haven't had a sleeping babe for too much of the daylight hours? Evening routine is essential to the learning of the child. You know that already. Doing his own thing is great, so make him do his own thing earlier evening, playing, noiseig off, generally tiring himself. Then you pick the same daily time you start easing him into the bath/low light/clothes/bed routine. Obviously he wont perform like a puppet on day one. But you must doggedly stick to this regime even when it's appearing to fail because that is what it is, a routine and fingers crossed he will break first and see this over a time. well he will break first because the routine never should break... When you have been up half the night, it is because you have paid attention to what? His screams, noises, or what? DON'T! He isn't suppossed to get your attention. You need to get his attention to learn from you(hard eh?). As long as you know he is fine then simply leave him to cry himself out. If you go to him you are stopping him learning that he is suppossed to be quiet and asleep. Good luck and it wont be easy however you do it. But you wont love each other any less.